Aromaleigh v2.1’s In Name Only

Almost a blue-spruce eyeshadow. It covers very well and blends nicely. It isn’t a true-metallic finish, but it’s very close.

Kiko Cosmetics’ Long Lasting Stick Shadow in Ultramarine Blue (49)

This isn’t a glitter finish, but you’d be forgiven for thinking that it was! This is truly a sparkle finish, with fairly thick microglitter in and on top of the blackened blue. This is similar to the now-discontinued shade Midnight Blue from this collection, in that they’re...

elf’s Sheer Slick Lipstick in Black Cherry

I was very much hoping to get a deeper-colored lip tint! Instead, this lip color doesn’t build up or show up nearly as well as the others that I’ve tried. Maybe that’s because it enhances and amplifies one’s own natural lip color rather than adding a...

CND’s Vinylux in Cherry Apple (362)

This rich red…is just a little disappointing. CND’s social media had so many photos featuring this color, and it looked like the richest non-blackened red. When I got it, though, and painted it on, it was a semi-opaque red. It was pretty bright, even with four colors. I...

Color Club’s Midas Touch

This is my favorite color in this collection. The ‘rose-gold’ fad has died down a bit, and this is almost too orangey; but it’s a nice addition to my collection.

Color Club’s Grill Cheese

Color Club’s Making Bank

When I see non-yellow “gold” nail polishes from other collections, this is most often the shade that they are: medium-light champagne-gold. This one shares a similar formula with the other polishes from this collection: thick enough to cover evenly but also shows brushstrokes pretty easily. The polish also has a...

Color Club’s Golden State of Mind

Sometimes when I look at this I think, “This almost has hints of olive tones!” but…no, not quite. It’s a cooler gold, a little more of an aged shade. This formula is one of the thickest in the collectio: it shows brushstrokes, but it also tends to glop...

Color Club’s Cash or Coin

This isn’t quite silver…but it’s not quite gold, either. (There is an actual silver polish in this collection, but I passed on it.) The formula is a bit on the thicker side, and bubbles a bit. If you want the perfectly smooth (but not “mirror finish”) manicure,...

Color Club’s Golden State collection

Six metal-colored metallic finish polishes. Not all are “gold,” but there’s only one genuinely neutral color (which I didn’t get, because I didn’t care to get another silver polish.) The colors range from medium-deep gold to rose gold to palest gold. These are a nice complement to...